Nintendo has a history of not juststopping video game pirates, but ruining their lives.
The Mario maker suedYuzu, a notorious free emulatorof the Nintendo Switch justlast week.
However, this involved piracy and theft, according to the court.
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The developers behind Yuzu didnt put up much of a fight in this legal battle with Nintendo.
The code repositories behind Yuzu and Citra havealready been removedfrom Github, as first spotted byThe Verge.
The subreddit, which has over 86,000 members, was filled withfarewell messagesto the beloved platform on Monday.
Nintendo claims that Yuzus entire purpose was to circumvent Nintendos copyright protections.
The Patreon will shut down as part of the lawsuit.
Yuzu and Citras story is a familiar one.
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